Grote is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Grote (1814–1886), English colonial administrator * Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841–1903), British entomologist * Byron Grote (born 1948), CFO of BP * Dennis Grote (born 1986), German footballer * George Grote (1794–1871), English classical historian * Gottfried Grote (1903–1976), German church musician * Harriet Grote (1792–1878), English biographer and wife to George Grote * Hermann Grote (ornithologist) (1882–1951), German ornithologist * Irvine W. Grote (1898–1972), American chemist * Jerry Grote (born 1942), American baseball player * Jerry Grote (basketball) (born 1940), American basketball player * John Grote (1813–1866), English philosopher and clergyman * Klaus Grote (born 1947), German archaeologist * Kurt Grote (born 1973), American Olympic swimmer * Otto Grote zu Schauen (1636–1693), a Hanoverian statesman * Royal U. Grote, Jr. (born 1946), American Episcopalian bishop

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